Good Tuesday morning. I'm Anna Palmer. And welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing.

Stay tuned after the show for a message from the American Beverage Association.

And I'm Jake Sherman. NPR, PBS News Hour, and Marist have a poll out that find six in ten disapprove of President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration.

Six and ten also don't believe there's an emergency

on the southern border and that Trump's decision should be challenged in court. The Post and Courier

has a cheat sheet for all the 2020 candidates about running in South Carolina. A few top line

recommendations. Respect the kingmaker Jim Clyburn. Make nice with party officials at every level.

Develop a taste for barbecue. Get away

from South Carolina's three major media markets, Charleston, Columbia, and Greenville.

Pay attention to black voters, especially black women. And if you don't have a southern accent,

don't try one now. As we flagged on Monday, California is now leading 16 states in a lawsuit against Trump's

national emergency declaration, our colleagues Jeremy White and Gabby Orr report. The president was

tweeting last night at 1026 p.m. He tweeted, remember this, Andrew McCabe didn't go to the

bathroom without the approval of leaking James Comey.

This comes as the AP breaks down how Trump has been handicapping his 2020 Democratic contenders.

And Chris Ruddy of Newsmax tells CNN's Christian Amunpur that he thinks Intel Chief Dan

Coates could lose his job.

The Sioux City Journal has the latest on Steve King back in Iowa, asking a crowd of supporters

to pray for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to restore his committee assignments.

King also said the New York Times reporter misquoted him at best.

Matt Gorman, the former comms director for the NRC, has joined targeted victory as its vice president,

and the Washington Post reports Rod Rosenstein is planning to leave DOJ next month.

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